• A new study named Georgia as the work-from-home capital, with 1,549 remote job searches per 100,000 residents
• Southern states are more motivated to work from home, as seven of the top ten spots in this study are Southern.
• Texas records the highest raw search numbers overall.

Since the pandemic, the nation has seen a huge rise in the number of employees who now work remotely. In 2020, this peaked at over 45% of American workdays being spent remotely before settling at just over 28% in 2024.

As a result of this newfound freedom and work-life balance, more and more Americans have sought out remote working roles as they seek to take back perceived control of their lives.

With this in mind, it has been revealed that, of all 50 states, Georgia is the state most interested in working from home, a major new study shows.

The analysis by the job site Remote Rocketship looked at Google search data from all 50 states to work out which parts of the country are most interested in working from home. 

States with highest remote job search volume per 100,000 residents:

Rank	State	Remote Job Search Volume per 100,000 Residents
1	Georgia	1549.65
2	North Carolina	1362.39
3	Florida	1314.47
4	Mississippi	1273.8
5	Tennessee	1270.95
6	Texas	1264.7
7	South Carolina	1245.22
8	Virginia	1219.28
9	Arizona	1219.06
10	Nevada	1190.97

Residents in Georgia contributed 170,914 monthly searches for remote positions between April 2024 and March 2025, which equated to 1,549.65 searches per 100,000 residents. 

North Carolina was the state with the second-highest searches per 100,000 residents at 1,362.39, while Florida took third place with 1,314.47 searches.

Mississippi ranked fourth with residents contributing 1,273.80 searches per 100,000 people.

Tennessee claimed fifth position with 1,270.95 searches per 100,000 residents. The data shows that Southern states are leading interest in remote work positions across the country.

Texas ended up in sixth place with 1,264.70 searches per 100,000 residents. The Lone Star State actually recorded the highest total search volume in the country at 385,775 monthly searches; despite this, the state is hampered by its large population, meaning it can’t rank higher due to the normalizing of the data.

Job hunters across America typed “jobs work from home” and “jobs remote” more than any other terms when searching online. “Indeed remote jobs” came in third as the most common search phrase as workers hunted down flexible ways to earn money without leaving the house.

Positions seven through ten for the states looking to work from home were claimed by South Carolina at 1,245, Virginia at 1,219, Arizona at 1,219, and Nevada at 1,190.

Alaska was the state least interested in remote work, with just 682 searches per 100,000 residents.

Lior Neu-ner, Founder of Remote Rocketship commented on the study’s findings, “The high number of remote job searches we’re seeing in Southern states points to a big shift in where people want to work that companies should be paying attention to. With Georgia showing search volume nearly 130% higher than states at the bottom of our list, we can see very distinct geographic patterns in where remote work is most wanted.”

“This study uncovered something really interesting. Of the coldest states, Alaska, North Dakota, and Wyoming, none appeared in the top 10 list of this study. People appear to seek remote work for more things than simply staying with their home comforts.”

“There is a high chance that each state has a primary driving factor to have people seek remote work. For example, when we looked for data on minimum wage as a motivator. It appears that Georgia has the lowest minimum wages in the country. This makes remote work for companies in states like Washington or Connecticut, where the minimum wage is more than 150% higher, more appealing.”